Irish Literature, Volume 7Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche J. D. Morris, 1904 - 4126 pages |
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Page 2434
... round whom some lords were gathered . My lords , please to take your seats . Is it you ? Methinks Felix trembles ! ' It required a great actor to do this ; done by any one else , it would have been miserable . Another time he said ...
... round whom some lords were gathered . My lords , please to take your seats . Is it you ? Methinks Felix trembles ! ' It required a great actor to do this ; done by any one else , it would have been miserable . Another time he said ...
Page 2446
... round the client and the argument . For example : - " If , gentlemen , I could entertain a hope of finding refuge for the disconcertion of my mind in the perfect composure of yours - if I could suppose that those awful vicissitudes of ...
... round the client and the argument . For example : - " If , gentlemen , I could entertain a hope of finding refuge for the disconcertion of my mind in the perfect composure of yours - if I could suppose that those awful vicissitudes of ...
Page 2455
... KEEFFE , JOHN . 2770 A Budget of Stories , fr . Recollections Recollection . 2771 The Friar of Orders Gray O'KELLY , PATRICK The Curse of Doneraile · . 2778 . 2779 . 2779 O'KENNEDY , RICHARD • A Round of Visits , fr CONTENTS . xxxiii.
... KEEFFE , JOHN . 2770 A Budget of Stories , fr . Recollections Recollection . 2771 The Friar of Orders Gray O'KELLY , PATRICK The Curse of Doneraile · . 2778 . 2779 . 2779 O'KENNEDY , RICHARD • A Round of Visits , fr CONTENTS . xxxiii.
Page 2456
... Round of Visits , fr . ' Cottage Life in Ire- land ' . O'LEARY , ARTHUR Plea for Liberty of Conscience Some Anecdotes PAGE 2782 . 2782 . 2789 . 2789 . 2793 O'LEARY , ELLEN To God and Ireland True . 2796 . 2796 My Old Home . . 2797 O ...
... Round of Visits , fr . ' Cottage Life in Ire- land ' . O'LEARY , ARTHUR Plea for Liberty of Conscience Some Anecdotes PAGE 2782 . 2782 . 2789 . 2789 . 2793 O'LEARY , ELLEN To God and Ireland True . 2796 . 2796 My Old Home . . 2797 O ...
Page 2476
... round the room , and with an exclamation of pleasure went to- wards Goldsmith . " Ah ! I do not need to ask which of this distinguished company is my cousin Nolly - I beg your pardon , Oliver - ah , old times - old times ! He had caught ...
... round the room , and with an exclamation of pleasure went to- wards Goldsmith . " Ah ! I do not need to ask which of this distinguished company is my cousin Nolly - I beg your pardon , Oliver - ah , old times - old times ! He had caught ...
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Adamnan ancient asked battle beautiful born Burke called Catherine Catholic cause CHARLES STEWART PARNELL corn laws County Clare Cuculain dark dear death Doneraile Douglas Hyde Dublin Edain emancipation England English Erinn EUGENE O'CURRY eyes face father feel Finnachta give glory Goldsmith hand head hear heart heaven honor Ireland Irish Irish language James Johnson King Lady Morgan Lady Rackett land liberty light living look Lord Lord Beaconsfield ment mind nation never night O'Brien O'Connell o'er Ogygia once Paddy Parliament Parnell Peter Phelan Pockrich poems poor priest Rackett religion Reverend Mother round Ruadhan Sarsfield smile Sœur Thérèse soldiers song soul speech spirit story sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion told took turned voice WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN word young
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Page 2535 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.
Page 2535 - Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee !" The minstrel fell ! but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under ! The harp he loved ne'er...
Page 2523 - BELIEVE me, if all those endearing young charms, Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, Like fairy-gifts fading away, Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art, Let thy loveliness fade as it will, And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still.
Page 2527 - Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 2571 - I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood ; and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. Which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret.
Page 2586 - I never more shall see my own, my native land : Take a message and a token to some distant friends of mine, For I was born at Bingen — at Bingen on the Rhine.
Page 2532 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Page 2528 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 2533 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps. And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Page 2539 - When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.